Local events fill town with activities and concerts
L N Moyer moves into a new store room. William Klump begins excavation for a two story house on East Main Street. Stores will be open all day and evening on Thursday and closed on the Fourth. War wick sale skipped this Saturday with next sale July 19. American Store and A P Y store donate to band concerts from headquarters. Post Office holiday hours Fourth day. No town and rural mail delivery. Lloyd Smith relocates with family to South Broad Street. Sixteen day excursions Reading to the seashore begin today with summer runs. Sunday trip to Atlantic City or Willow Grove July 13. Victor Wagner bass soloist broadcasts from station WDBC. Local Post American Legion meeting Thursday evening for compensation papers. Muddy water halts opening day bass fishing July 1. Five Lititz fishermen catch six pikes at White Oak. Salunga Gun Club vs Lititz clubs July Fourth at Springs shooting blue rocks. Ephrata band plays open air concert Saturday evening 7:30 to 9. Allentown Women’s Band appearance Aug 2 confirmed. Ideal Chocolate factory workers and families picnic at Weidler’s meadow with Brunswick dance orchestra and free coffee and ice cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Smith
Department of the Lancaster New Era
Lancaster
South Broad Street
Victor Wagner
St. Pauls Reformed Church
WDBC
Kirk Johnson & Co
American Legion
Lititz
White Oak
Frank Rader
Eugene Weidler
Chester Leicey
Earl Mathers
Arlington Rader
Salunga Gunning Club
Lititz Kod
Salunga
Ephrata
Allentown Women's
Ideal Chocolate Factory
Weidler’s Meadow
Cocalica
Conestoga Creek
Brunswick Dance Orchestra
Fremont Hollinger
Program of Daytime and Evening Events
A schedule lists 5:00 A M bell ringing, 7:00 A M grounds clearing, 9:30 A M baseball and 1 to 4 P M band concerts, 2:30 P M county baseball, 6 to 10 P M band concerts, 7:55 P M spring grounds illumination, 8:45 P M fireworks on ball grounds, special train for Manheim at 9:45 P M, and Reading intermediate points at 10:45 P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manheim
Reading and Intermediate
Fireworks Show At Godh Courts
Firework displays of all kinds lit up Godh courts as crowds gathered for a public celebration. Spectators enjoyed bursts of color and sound across the venue amid evening skies. Fire safety crews monitored the event for incidents and ensured orderly conduct.
Bank Building in Embryo in Lititz Under Construction
The Farmers National Bank new structure in Lititz advances despite weather delays. Stone fronts arrive from Avondale Pennsylvania with four twenty foot limestone columns to be installed, as owners review materials and plans before completion this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litite
Farmers National Bank
J. B. Barks
Hoggson Brothers
New York
Bank Building
Avondale
Pennsylvania
Lititz
Parks
Hoggson
Rudy the Bad Man Ends in Borough Lockup
Rudy Meek attacked a man with a hatchet after a scuffle on Friday. Police and a doctor examined the injured man who bled freely but had a thick skull with no serious damage. Heck paid a two dollar fine and expressed remorse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudy Meek
Rudy
Kreider
Billy
Heck
Miss Garber to Join Europe Trip on July Fifth
Miss Mary Garber will join a party of six sailing July 5 on the Steamship Rochambeau for a two month European tour visiting England France and Switzerland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Garber
Europe
Rochambeau
Miss Garber
England
France
Switzerland
Uncomfortable Place For Auto to be Stalled
An auto driven by P. L. Goner of Millport stopped on Cedar street crossing as a passenger train approached. Goner and others scrambled to exit while bystanders helped push the car off the tracks. The engineer signaled relief after restarting the engine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. L. Goner
Millport
Cedar Street
Goner
Rain drenches past decades as June breaks records
Old records recount heavy June rain exceeding forty year norms with over five inches total. Cool first half gave way to warm spells, aiding crops. Fourth of July memories show rowdy crowds, police clubs, beer shipments, ticket sales, phonograph stands, and delayed fireworks across years.
Miner’s delayed blast injures Daniel Gochennour in eye
Daniel Gochennour was struck in the left eye by rock fragments during a delayed blast at the new heath buildings on East Front Street. He walked away unaided, later taken to Dr. D. C. Martin and then Lancaster General Hospital for removal of the injured eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Heath
East Front Street
Daniel Gochenour
Lancaster General Hospital
Godenour
D. C. Martin
Lancaster
Sudden Death of Harry D Nitzer at 36
Harry D Ditzler died suddenly this Thursday morning at 5 80 o clock of acute indigestion aged 36. He was born in Waldeck Lebanon county and moved to Lititz at age ten. He worked as a cutter at Eby Shoe factory and was a member of Garfield Castle No 76 K G E White Dove Commandery Knights of Malta Lititz Springs Council No 97 O S A. He is survived by his wife Gertrude Howard his mother Mrs Mary Dualer a brother Allen a sister Sadie wife of P B Furlow and a sister Ida wife of Julius Keller. Funeral arrangements not yet made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry D. Ditzler
Waldeck
Lebanon County
Eby
Garfield Castle No
White Dove Commandery
Knights of Malta
Lititz Springs
O. S A
Gertrude Howard
Mary Dualer
Allen
Sadie
P. B. Furlow
Lititz
Ida
Julius Keller
Lancaster
Lititz Pretzels Stir Reader Letters and Orders
The Lancaster New Era campaign for Lititz pretzels draws letters returning praise and cash for future shipments. Recipients from New York and Cleveland report the snack’s crisp flavor, nostalgic links to Lititz, and requests for parcel post orders and ongoing supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Lancaster New Era
Gilbert
N. D. Sturgis
Mannufacturer
England
Mgr. Sturgis
Dunlap-Ward Advertising Company
Cleveland
Lancaster
Hershey Family Plans Long Coast Trip with Crothamels
Mr and Mrs J W G Hershey and daughter Louetta spent a weekend with Mrs Hershey and E M Crothamel in Souderton Montgomery county. Mrs Crothamel returned to Lititz with her parents and her husband will join later. They plan a several month auto journey to the Pacific coast camping along the way and visiting Mr Crothamel s uncle at Yellow Stone National Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. G. Hershey
Louetta
Souderton
Montgomery County
Mr. Crothamel
Yellow Stone National Park
Carload of Watermelons Arrives From North Florida
Edward Heidrich received a carload of watermelons yesterday from North Florida. The melons traveled five days and some weighed up to forty pounds. He described the batch as uniformly nice with red sweet sandy flesh and noted several broke in handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Edward Heidrich
Heidrich
Travelers near and far visit residents over the Fourth
Miss Esther Fass left for New York to spend the Fourth with her brothers. Miss Myrtle Hebert heads to Otterpoint Maryland to visit Louis Funk and family. Many visitors and travelers arrive from Baltimore Ohio Indiana and Pennsylvania to spend the holiday with relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Fass
New York
Myrtle Hebert
Otterpoint
Louis Funk
Earl Mathers
Baltimore
Emma Grosh
Hom
Plainfield
New Jersey
Edgar Euck
Cincinnatti
Ohio
Elizabeth Sesseman
East Orange Street
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L. N. Moyer
William Klump
East Main Street
Warwick
Reading
Seashore
Atlantic City
Willow Grove
Embryo
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
H. E. Sheaffer
Harry E. Sheaffer
Everite Pump and Manufacturing Company
South Water
Andrew Streets
Sheaffer
Kathryn £. Sheaffer
Harry Gorton
Tri Mu
Mordvian Church
Conestoga
Strasburg
Crosland
Jonas Erb
Philadelphia
Susquehanna
Robert Sturgis
Marriot Sturgis
Clarence Sturgis
James Roth
Lloyd Weitzel
Lester Haines
Fishling Creek
Holtwood
Susquehanna River
Harry 5S
Meiskey
South Broad
Centre Street
Ray Meiskey
Walter Scott
C. B. Risser
Farmers’ National Bank
Chautauqua
Swarthmore Chautauqua
W. R. Sammel
A. Moody
Treneuver
H. C. Seidemridge
Ald
Main Street
Flory
Huber
Squire Reidenbach
Fase
Broad Street
Hershey-Seaman Company
Harry D. Nitzer
Arthur Rosenberg
84Th St
George W. Tyron
Times Building
Sturgis
Lancaster County
56Th Street
Fifth
Sixth Ave
Mue
Sara Hacker
Lincoln
Pauline Snyder
Jacob Snyder
Victoria
John
Conrad Hermistead
Elizabeth, N. d
Elizabeth ‘Bricker
North Broad Street
John Eck
Canton
Mg Mr. Eck
Martin
Hiriam Weachter
Lansdale
Joe Miller
John Helman
Addie Hacker
Sarah
Bower’s Beach
Earl Lepard
Dauphin County
Harry Baker
Jack
Baker
Levi Erb
William Robinson
Edward
William H. Keller
Holmesburg
Mr. Keller
Grace Keller
Charles Brobst
Washington Bush
Reuben Bush
Pottstown
Fred Shultz
Helen Bechtel
Boyertown
Washington
Bush
Bro
Frank I. Wheeler
Newark N. J
E.S. Crosland
Ephraim Risser
Hesston
Kansas
Elizabeth Risser
Brunnerville
Risser
Litttg High School
Mr. Risser
Amanda
Rapp
Jon Harrisburg
Lebanon
Homer Zwally
Indianapolis
Ind
William Ditzler
Zwally
Big Four Railroad
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